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As described in a previous post we installed 5 x 250watt panels in an area of scrub land to the back of the villa. Last year the performance and therefore return was hampered slightly by connection delays, communication faults etc but for the last year it has been pretty much 100% trouble free. We have…
A structured 360 tour of Casa Luessa to help get the feel of the place… or trigger old memories.
We have had the ‘5 solar panels’ each rated at 250W peak production for approx 1 year now and this is a reasonable time to report on the success to date. There have been a number of issues, shall we say, throughout the year. Covid 19 has of course completely distorted the demand side as…
The Clean and Safe Seal is a standard of excellence with regard to all aspects of the Covid 19 Pandemic we are all living through. Clicking on the symbol will take you to the Portuguese authority website but in a nutshell to obtain the Seal …you must attend an on-line course, create safe operating…
For added convenience an on-line shopping account has been established with the local Apolonia Supermarket located a 5 minute drive from the villa on the outskirts of Lagoa. Login details will be provided (to enable trouble free delivery ie villa location gps details stored) to the website (English & Portuguese versions). You can then select…
When we bought the villa in 2014 no work had been done since its construction date ~ 1970’s. In order to prepare the villa for life over the next couple of decades we did all of the work to bring it into line with current remedial building practices. This has been described previously in villa…
From the Carvoeiro Boardwalk you can now get up close to the cliffside ersosion and see the strange patterns etched into the rock by the elements. The Boardwalk is only a 15 minute walk from Casa Luessa and is an excellent route to stroll into the village whilst capturing the spectacular views of the coastline….
When I say new, they are new to us having been discovered recently thanks to the publicity surrounding the ‘best hike in Europe’ assigned to the cliff top walks along this part of the Algarvian Coast. The walk from Benagil to Marinha takes about 40 mins with a 1hr 20 mins return…
Every year we try to improve the customer experience of their holiday stay at Casa Luessa. This year the pool has been regrouted and tiles replaced as well as an upgrading of the shared bathroom. A bath has been retained in the shared bathroom for those with young children or simply like a long luxurious…
A flower, Kadupul, sometimes described as the most expensive plant in the world exists at the entrance to Casa Luessa. The plant , often known as Queen of the Night or Flower of Heaven ,does not flower every year. When it does so it blooms at night, for one night only going from a tight…